Recommended power supply for a system with a 8700k and no gpu?

[Mr. Rosa]

Im putting together an old system for my parents and I have all the parts I need but the power supply, so I would be greatful for any suggestions at to what watt power supply to get for it. Thank you

 

specs:

I7-8700k

no gpu

atx mb

16gb ram

one ssd

one hdd

couple fans

 

would a 350 watt work?

and if this is the wrong area to post sorry I have not used this forum like 2 years.

 

 

[Hinjima]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Rosa said:

Im putting together an old system for my parents and I have all the parts I need but the power supply, so I would be greatful for any suggestions at to what watt power supply to get for it. Thank you

 

specs:

I7-8700k

no gpu

atx mb

16gb ram

one ssd

one hdd

couple fans

 

would a 350 watt work?

 

 

a 350w would work but most 350w power supplies are absolute garbage.

I can recommend a MSI A550BN, its way overkill in terms of power but its the cheapest PSU I can recommend that is reliable and safe.

Most other cheap 300-450w PSU's from companies like Apevia or NOX are just a fire hazard.

 

[PDifolco]

Anything will work, even a 180W PSU

[Mr. Rosa]

what if the motherbourd has 8 pins for the cpu but the powers supply I get only has 4?

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Rosa said:

what if the motherbourd has 8 pins for the cpu but the powers supply I get only has 4?

That is fine.   You can use a EPS 4 pin on the motherboards 8 pin, just put it on the right side of the 8 pin.  It should be keyed so it will only go in one way.

Since you probably are not overclocking or running anywhere near max load, this is completely fine for the 8700k.

[Agall]

39 minutes ago, Mr. Rosa said:

what watt power supply to get for it

[jaslion]

56 minutes ago, Mr. Rosa said:

Im putting together an old system for my parents and I have all the parts I need but the power supply, so I would be greatful for any suggestions at to what watt power supply to get for it. Thank you

 

specs:

I7-8700k

no gpu

atx mb

16gb ram

one ssd

one hdd

couple fans

 

would a 350 watt work?

and if this is the wrong area to post sorry I have not used this forum like 2 years.

 

 

Make and model of the 350w you are looking at? This system needs barely any power BUT that doesn't mean you can get like a 20$ psu as that is super low quality stuff and can still kill the system. Cheap psu's that are good like a ab550 from msi are readily available